API's

[Komal436]

Hi, Wht is the difference between native API's and cross platform API's?

and

The difference between toolkits and frameworks.

Thnks for the reply in advance.

[shahid.pk]

AS far as i understand it native api's like win 32 or win 64 for windows are the Microsoft provided interfaces for application development as mac provides cocoa@ for os x and on the other hand cross platform Api's are provided by third party developers like Qt,wxwidets,etc.And QT provides cross platform Api's by emulating the target platform's native Api's as most other third party cross platform Api's like wxwidets wraps the native Api's of the target platform.
If i am wrong please someone do correct me.